Great Britain’s Special Operations Executive (SOE), the unit tasked with conducting behind-the-lines missions against the Axis powers during World War II, invented many unique and deadly items for its jobs by utilizing specialists who worked night and day in a mansion called The Frythe near the town of Welwyn Garden City. To those in the More »
Weapons
FG42: Ahead Of Its Time And Forgotten
In 1941, the German Luftwaffe, just as the Army, began to see the need to develop a weapon to take the place of the bolt action rifle and the gun. But, whereas the Army sought to develop a new cartridge along with their weapons, the Luftwaffe chose to stay with the standard full-sized 7.92 mm X 57 More »
The Heckler & Koch MP7: A Stinger For The Good Guys
In 1989, NATO published a set of requirements that requested a new type of firearm with rounds capable of penetrating body armor. Called the Personal Defense weapon, or PDW, it was meant to replace weapons, such as pistols and submachine guns, whose caliber was found wanting against ballistic protection. Several companies went on to design More »
The CETME/G3 Battle Rifle
As the world fell apart around them, German industry from aircraft to small arms raced against time to produce something, anything that might permit the Third Reich to last a little longer. Most of these efforts failed miserably, while others were too farfetched to ever become reality. And yet, in spite of this, there were More »
LAW Of The Land
The United States emerged from World War II with the Bazooka as its primary anti-armor and anti-structure weapon. Proven as a true war winner, the series, requiring a firer and a loader, started with the M1, upgraded through the M9 and ended with the M20B1 ‘Super’ during Korea. The Bazooka’s basic design never changed, and More »
Stoner 63: Trumpet Of The SEALs
Once Eugene Stoner, designer of the AR-15/M-16 series of combat rifles, left Armalite Corporation in the early 1960s, he decided to design a unique weapons platform that used a common receiver around which a family of small arms could interchange. Such a commonality would enable it to transform into a rifle, carbine or light machine gun More »
‘Swedish K’: The Unsung Friend Of American Special Forces In Vietnam
The 9mm Carl Gustav M/45 submachine gun occupies a unique place in United States Special Forces history for, during the Vietnam War, it was often chosen over the then troublesome M-16 series by members looking for a reliable, controllable and reasonably accurate weapon at short ranges. Once they fired it, the new owners found the More »
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